Sounders Women lose 1-0 to Colorado Rush (team recap)

SoundersWomen.com – Despite controlling possession for much of the second half, the Sounders Women were left on the doorstep of earning points after falling to the visiting Colorado Rush 1:0.

“The urgency was there, but it was after we went down one nothing,” said Seattle head coach Leighton O’Brien.

“We controlled the game, I felt, for the most part,” said Sounders Women goalkeeper Katie Hultin. “We just couldn’t put the ball in the back of the net.”

Colorado drew blood five minutes into the second half to ink the game’s lone goal into the scorer’s book when Rush midfielder Kellyn Farrell, by the right post, brought in a cross coming off a throw-in from the near right sideline and poked it low past Seattle’s Hultin into the far corner of the net.

“No one covered me, so I just went to the goal and poked it in with my toe real fast,” said Farrell.

“Terrible goal we gave up,” said O’Brien, Seattle’s head coach.

The goal was her first on the season.

Down early in the second half, Seattle (1-2-5) sought to feed forward Justi Baumgardt-Yamada, but Colorado (2-0-3) staked out the former United States National Team player wherever she went, leaving Seattle with possession, but stuck in neutral.

“They were tight on us,” said Baumgardt-Yamada. “We weren’t able to get balls in and get in behind.”

Seattle had an opportunity to get on the board first, but four rapid-fire shots coming in the ninth minute of the game got deflected, the first two by teammates and the final ones by Colorado goalkeeper Krissy Tribbett and a Rush defender.

“We had four cleared off the line,” said Seattle’s O’Brien. “It’s just – I don’t know, it just didn’t bounce our way.”

In the 19th minute Colorado’s Katie Russell left the game with an injury. Russell returned minutes later, but was substituted for in the 28th minute…Seattle lost a player in the 39th minute, as Kelli Smith left the game due to illness…Sounders Women defender Jamie Coe picked up a yellow card in the 89th minute…Seattle’s next home match at Starfire Sports Complex is July 10 against the Santa Clarita Blue Heat. The game starts at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available at www.SoundersWomen.com and at Starfire on the night of the game.